Want to start do some recces through the rest of summer and into next winter.

A couple of questions which have partly been covered before but I'm still not sure of the general consensus;

i) Not being a confident down-scrambler, is it feasible to drop off Doddick ridge rather than Hall's Fell ridge? Certainly would seem more runnable in places just adds a little bit of distance at the bottom.

ii) Scafell!! Reckon that trying to get up Broad Stand would take more out of me than it's worth! Is Foxes Tarn considered the ONLY alternative at the moment because of the precarious rock in Lords Rake?

iii) Yewbarrow - don't fancy the scramble down Stirrup Crag. I've read about the grassy rake off to the left. Is this after the main summit or do you have to double back to find it?

iv) Robinson -so the accepted route is to follow the ridge all the way down to High Snab farm? Is it not worth dropping down earlier, just after the rocky step?

Any advice welcomed